Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winners and Honor Titles Since 2001
Title: An American Story (2024 CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR WINNER)
By: Alexander, Kwame
Published: 2023
2024 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Dare Coulter
Call number: x306.362 Alexa.K
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Big
By: Harrison, Vashti
Published: 2023
2024 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Call number: JPicture Harri.V
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes
By: Todd, Traci N.
Published: 2023
2024 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Shannon Wright
Call number: xBiog Ormes.J Todd.T
Ages 7 to 10
Title: There Was a Party for Langston
By: Reynolds, Jason
Published: 2023
2024 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Illustrators: Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey
Call number: JPicture Reyno.J
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual (2023 CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR WINNER)
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2022
2023 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Frank Morrison
Call Number: JPicture Weath.C
Title: Me and the Boss: A Story about Mending and Love
By: Edwards, Michelle
Published: 2022
2023 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: April Harrison
Call Number: JPIcture Edwar.M
Title: Swim Team
By: Christmas, Johnnie
Published: 2022
2023 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Johnnie Christmas
Call Number: JGraphic Chris.J
Title: Victory, Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
By: Smith, Tommie
Published: 2022
2023 Illustrator Honor
Co-Author: Derrick Barnes
Illustrator: Dawud Anyabwile
Title: Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
By: Alexander, Kwame with Chris Corderley and Marjory Wentworth
Published: 2017
2018 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Ekua Holmes
Call number: x808.1 Out
Title: The Undefeated
By: Alexander, Kwame
Published: 2019
2020 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Call number: x811 Alexa.K
Title: Trombone Shorty
By: Andrews, Troy "Trombone Shorty"
Published: 2015
2016 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Call number: xBiog Andre.T Andre.T
Title: Moon Over Star
By: Aston, Diana Hutts
Published: 2008
2009 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Call number: JPicture Aston.D
Title: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
By: Barnes, Derrick
Published: 2017
2018 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Gordon C. James
Call number: JPicture Barne.D
Title: The Stuff of Stars
By: Bauer, Marion Dane
Published: 2018
2019 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Ekua Holmes
Call number: JPicture Bauer.M
Title: Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
By: Beaty, Daniel
Published: 2013
2014 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Call number: JPicture Beaty.D
Title: Soul Food Sunday
By: Bingham, Winsome
Published: 2021
2022 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: C.G. Esperanza
Call number: JPicture Bingh.W
Title: Beautiful Blackbird
By: Bryan, Ashley
Published: 2003
2004 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
Call number: x398.6 Zambia Bryan.A
Title: Freedom Over Me
By: Bryan, Ashley
Published: 2016
2017 Illustrator Honor (and 2017 Coretta Scott King Author Honor)
Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
Call number: J Bryan.A
Title: Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
By: Bryan, Ashley
Published: 2019
2020 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator Honor: Ashley Bryan
Call number: xBiog Bryan.A Bryan.A
Title: Me & Mama
By: Cabrera, Cozbi A.
Published: 2020
2021 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Cozbi A. Cabrera
Call number: JPicture Cabre.C
Title: Let the Children March
By: Clark-Robinson, Monica
Published: 2018
2019 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Frank Morrison
Call number: Clark.M
Title: Before She Was Harriet
By: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Published: 2017
2018 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: James Ransome
Call number: xBiog Tubma.H Cline.L
Title: Uptown
By: Collier, Bryan
Published: 2000
2001 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Call number: JPicture Colli.B
Title: Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Teaches a Young Girl to Dance Like the Firebird
By: Copeland, Misty
Published: 2014
2015 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Christopher Myers
Call number: JPicture Copel.M
Title: My Family Plays Music
By: Cox, Judy
Published: 2003
2004 John Steptoe New Talent Award
Illustrator: Elbrite Brown
Call number: JPicture Cox.J
Title: Last Stop on Market Street
By: de la Peña, Matt
Published: 2015
2016 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Christian Robinson
Call number: JPicture Delap.M
Title: Jazz on a Saturday Night
By: Dillon, Leo and Diane
Published: 2007
2008 Illustrator Honor
Illustrators: Leo and Diane Dillon
Call number: x781.65 Dillo.L
Title: Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles, Think of That!
By: Dillon, Leo and Diane
Published: 2002
2003 Illustrator Honor
Illustrators: Leo and Diane Dillon
Call number: JPicture Dillo.L
Title: Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
By: Doyon, Samara Cole
Published: 2020
2021 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Kaylani Juanita
Call number: JPicture Doyon.S
Title: The Moon Ring
By: DuBurke, Randy
Published: 2002
2003 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Illustrator: Randy DuBurke
Call number: JPicture Dubur.R
Title: Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
By: Duncan, Alice Faye
Published: 2018
2019 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Call number: x331.892 Dunca.A
Title: Bird
By: Elliott, Zetta
Published: 2008
2009 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Illustrator: Shandra Strickland
Call number: J Ellio.Z
Title: Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song
By: Erskine, Kathryn
Published: 2017
2018 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Illustrator: Charley Palmer
Call number: xBiog Makeb.M Erski.K
Title: Underground
By: Evans, Shane
Published: 2011
2012 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Shane Evans
Call number: x973.7115 Evans.S
Title: Rosa
By: Giovanni, Nikki
Published: 2005
2006 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Call number: xBiog Parks.R Giova.N
Title: Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow (The Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix)
By: Golio, Gary
Published: 2010
2011 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Javaka Steptoe
Call number: xBiog Hendr.J Golio.G
Title: Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
By: Grimes, Nikki
Published: 2002
2003 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: E. B. Lewis
Call number: J Grime.N
Title: The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
By: Hamilton, Virginia
Published: 2004
2005 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Leo and Diane Dillon
Call number: x398.208996 Hamil.V
Title: God Bless the Child
By: Herzog, Arthur, Jr.
Published: 2004
2005 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Call number: JPicture Herzo.A
Title: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
By: Hill, Laban Carrick
Published: 2010
2011 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Call number: xBiog Dave Hill.L
Title: When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
By: Hill, Laban Carrick
Published: 2013
2014 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Illustrator: Theodore Taylor III
Call number: x782.421649 Hill.L
Title: Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys
By: Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Published: 2000
2001 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: E. B. Lewis
Call number: JPicture Howar.E
Title: I, Too, Am America
By: Hughes, Langston
Published: 2012
2013 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Call number: x811 Hughe.L
Title: Langston Hughes (Poetry for Young People)
By: Hughes, Langston
Published: 2006
2007 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Benny Andrews
Call number: x811 Hughe.L
Title: My People
By: Hughes, Langston
Published: 2009
2010 Illustrator Award
Illustrator: Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Call number: x811 Hughe.L
Title: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
By: Hughes, Langston
Published: 2009
2010 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: E. B. Lewis
Call number: x811 Hughe.L
Title: In Plain Sight
By: Jackson, Richard
Published: 2016
2017 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Call number: JPicture Jacks.R
Title: Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace
By: Johnson, Jen Cullerton
Published: 2010
2011 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Illustrator: Sonia Lynn Sadler
Call number: xBiog Maath.W Johns.J
Title: The Secret Olivia Told Me
By: Joy, N.
Published: 2007
2008 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Nancy Devard
Call number: JPicture Joy.N
Title: I Have a Dream
By: King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Published: 2012
2013 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Call number: x323.092 King.M
Title: Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals
By:
Published: 2007
2008 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
Call number: x782.253 Let
Title: Ellen's Broom
By: Lyons, Kelly Starling
Published: 2012
2013 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Daniel Minter
Call number: JPicture Lyons.K
Title: Goin' Someplace Special
By: McKissack, Patricia
Published: 2001
2002 Illustrator Winner
Author: Jerry Pinkney
Call number: JPicture McKis.P
Title: What Is Given from the Heart
By: McKissack, Patricia
Published: 2019
2020 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Illustrator: April Harrison
Call number: JPicture Mckis.P
Title: Thank You, Omu!
By: Mora, Oge
Published: 2018
2019 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Illustrator: Oge Mora
Call number: JPicture Mora.O
Title: H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination
By: Myers, Christopher
Published: 2012
2013 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Christopher Myers
Call number: JPicture Myers.C
Title: Jazz
By: Myers, Walter Dean
Published: 2006
2007 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Christopher Myers
Call number: x811 Myers.W
Title: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
By: Nelson, Kadir
Published: 2011
2012 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Call number: x973.0496 Nelso,K
Title: Nelson Mandela
By: Nelson, Kadir
Published: 2013
2014 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Call number: xBiog Mande.N Nelso.K
Title: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
By: Nelson, Kadir
Published: 2008
2009 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Call number: x796.35764 Nelso.K
Title: Almost to Freedom
By: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
Published: 2003
2004 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Colin Bootman
Call number: JPicture Nelso.V
Title: The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
By: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
Published: 2015
2016 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Call number: J Nelso.V
Title: Thunder Rose
By: Nolen, Jerdine
Published: 2003
2004 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Call number: JPicture Nolen.J
Title: Sulwe
By: Nyong'o, Lupita
Published: 2019
2020 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Vashti Harrison
Call number: Nyong.L
Title: Visiting Langston
By: Perdomo, Willie
Published: 2002
2003 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Call number: x811 Perdo.W
Title: Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
By: Powell, Patricia Hruby
Published: 2014
2015 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Christian Robinson
Call number: xBiog Baker.J Powel.P
Title: The Bell Rang
By: Ransome, James
Published: 2019
2020 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: James Ransome
Call number: JPicture Ranso.J
Title: Freedom River
By: Rappaport, Doreen
Published: 2000
2001 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Call number: xBiog Parke.J Rappa.D
Title: Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By: Rappaport, Doreen
Published: 2001
2002 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Call number: xBiog King.M Rappa.D
Title: Jazzy Miz Mozetta
By: Roberts, Brenda C.
Published: 2004
2005 John Steptoe New Talent Award
Illustrator: Frank Morrison
Call number: JPicture Rober.B
Title: Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
By: Rockwell, Anne F.
Published: 2000
2001 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Call number: xBiog Truth.S Rockw.A
Title: We Wait for the Sun
By: Roundtree, Dovey Johnson with Katie McCabe
Published: 2021
2022 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Raissa Figueroa
Call number: xBiog Round.D Round.D
Title: Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
By: Russell-Brown, Katheryn
Published: 2014
2015 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Frank Morrison
Call number: xBiog Listo.M Russe.K
Title: Ellington Was Not a Street
By: Shange, Ntozake
Published: 2004
2005 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Call number: x811 Shang.N
Title: Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
By: Shetterly, Margot Lee
Published: 2018
2019 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Laura Freeman
Call number: x510.922 Shett.M
Title: Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
By: Slade, Suzanne
Published: 2020
2021 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Cozbi A. Cabrera
Call number: xBiog Brook.G Slade.S
Title: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
By: Steptoe, Javaka
Published: 2016
2017 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Javaka Steptoe
Call number: xBiog Basqu.J Stept.J
Title: The Blacker the Berry: Poems
By: Thomas, Joyce Carol
Published: 2008
2009 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Call number: x811 Thoma.J
Title: Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
By: Todd, Traci N.
Published: 2021
2022 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Christian Robinson
Call number: xBiog Simon.N Todd.T
Title: Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2008
2009 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: Sean Qualls
Call number: xBiog Coltr.J Weath.C
Title: Freedom in Congo Square
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2016
2017 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Call number: x976.335 Weath.C
Title: Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2006
2007 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Call number: xBiog Tubma.H Weath.C
Title: R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2020
2021 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Frank Morrison
Call number: xBiog Frank.A Weath.C
Title: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2021
2022 Illustrator Winner
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Call number: x976.6 Weath.C
Title: Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2015
2016 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Illustrator: Ekua Holmes
Call number: xBiog Hamer.F Weath.C
Title: Freedom Summer
By: Wiles, Deborah
Published: 2001
2002 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Illustrator: Jerome Lagarrigue
Call number: JPicture Wiles.D
Title: Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
By: Williams, Mary
Published: 2005
2006 Illustrator Honor
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Call number: J Willi.M